Byron Scott : The Underappreciated Showtime Laker Great
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2024
- This is a look back on Byron Scott's career. Byron Scott is an underappreciated Laker great often over shined by his contemporaries in the showtime Lakers era. Scott was electric on the court with lots of speed always seeming to move downhill toward the rim. Where he’d rise up on anyone in the way for a thunderous dunk. Thriving on getting out on the break alongside Magic Johnson. And unlike most athletes he had a jump shot to go with his game that extended to the three-point line. Where Byron Scott even led the league one season in three-point field goal percentage. All of these combined saw Scott give teams buckets and even led the Lakers one season in scoring as they were a top of the league. Yet still never made an all-star appearance. However, he collected rings along the way winning the championship three times as he played a large role throughout multiple postseasons runs. Often being a leading scorer in those runs. Before heading to the Pacers where he kept up his winning ways making two conference finals. Then bouncing around ending his NBA career back in LA for a walk off season.
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Byron Scott was one of the first of the modern super-athletic, 6'3"/6'4" combo guards in the nba. Very explosive.
13:10 people remember Scott as a great shooter, but THIS is what I loved about him. No fear- aggressive in his dunks
As a kid I remember that #4 fella Byron Scott flying through the air dunking on Big Men and that jumper was a thing of beauty, he was a very valuable piece to that Showtime Lakers Era! How about Bill Laimbeer or Joe Johnson.
B. SCOTT!! BABY B! I LOVED HIS GAME! HE WAS ALWAYS TOUGH! HE QUIETLY SET THE TONE FOR LA WITH HIS OUTSIDE JUMPER OPENING UP THE FLOOR AND HIS SNEAKY ATHLETICISM AND TOUGHNESS!! ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO WATCH GROWING UP IN THE 80'S!!
Byron Scott deserves a statue as a Laker great before LeBron does.
Underrated NBA Legend ❤ 3rd Man Perimeter
Showtime fan growing up. Had a text, stat game called Lance Hafner basketball for the Commodore 64. 1988 was the most recent season, and there was Byron Scott...top of the roster, above the magnificent triumvirate of Magic, Kareem, and Worthy. That's how good Byron Scott was
never knew they had that game for the C-64! There was another pixelated basketball game where they'd only clap after each basket and every shot was a line drive. Forgot the name but then we'd always say "Byron Scott..." when shooting a long jumper.
Nice work bro
Byron Scott was my favorite shooter in the 89 NBA Lakers vs Celtics PC game.
Hooray! You used my suggestion. Growing up he was my favorite alongside Magic. Worthy and Kareem were more notable, but his style was always so much fun to watch. He really improved Showtime, which says quite a lot
Hard to believe he didn't even get a Western All-STAR Reserve nod??? Wow! Just his dunking and shooting alone was feared even by MJ.
Thanks! Just seems like that Fan Voting module screws everything up!
I meet Byron once in cleveland at Dave and busters he was spending time with his family.. stand up guy and he even signed a hat for me.. definitely underated..
Finally!! An unsung hero of those teams for sure! Can you also do one on Larry Nance or Fat Lever?
In your footage, we see that he had a pretty good vertical jump.
Scott was also the perfect co-guard for Magic Johnson. One of Magic's weakness was to defend, particulary on smaller and faster point guards. In many games, we see that Scott matchs up the point guard (efficiently), allowing Johnson to defend on the 2 or the 3.
yes and Gary Vitti goes in depth into that defensive burden placed on Scott since Magic was too big to chase around guards and especially if they were a scoring threat, Scott would be assigned to them. Its not coincidence that when Cooper left that Scott was beat more often as that burden became too much especially in the 1991 Finals.
Stellar
1967 Sixers, 1987 Lakers and 1996 Bulls were/are amazing.
His 1988 all star snub is without a doubt the most outrageous in history. You failed to mention the 53 percent from the field....for the season!
Great video on Byron Scott. I hope you do on Sam Lacey or "The Whopper" Billy Paultz.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ALL STAR IN 1987-88 WHEN HE LED THE LAKERS🟣🟡IN SCORING(21.7ppg)AND THE LAKERS REPEATED🏀🏀
Byron Scott had hops and a sweet jumper… did he have a nickname??
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. I HATE Byron Scott!! BUT, that's because he KILLED the Blazers. He's one key reason why the Blazers didn't win the title in 1990-91. I'm also furious that the Blazers and Sonics never picked him up later in his career, even if to keep him from killing them, AGAIN. Even as a Vancouver Grizzly, in 1995-96, Byron hit big 3-pointers to beat the Blazers in TWO games. In the gym, during shootarounds, I like to practice Byron Scott post-up turnaround jumpers, Byron Scott 17-Footers, and Byron Scott defensive rebounds. I once made, during a solo shootaround, 4/4 Byron Scott (FIBA) 3-Pointers.
Need reviiews Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, Gilbert Arenas, and Jason Richardson. Thanks! .
He and Magic got hurt in 89 finals and L A got sweeping 🧹 maybe Detroit win but at least LA can win a game or two
Underappreciate player, over appreciated coach